SCHOOL VOTE: Hunter-Tannersville budget narrowly approved

HUNTER, N.Y. - The Hunter-Tannersville school district's proposed $13.16 million budget for the coming year was approved Tuesday by a narrow margin.

The 2012-13 budget, which totals $13,164,644 in spending, was adopted by a vote of 277 to 217. The budget decreases spending $59,694, or 0.45 percent, from the current spending plan of $13,224,338. It calls for $9,888,988 to be raised in property taxes, an increase of $241,448, or 2.5 percent, over the current tax levy of $9,647,540.